Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:50:23 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Kip Macy <kmacy@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sun4v/include asm.h src/sys/sun4v/sun4v hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S Message-ID: <20061123195023.GA1729@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170611231139j14b9a3d3kd5b95c55a61e9605@mail.gmail.com> References: <200611230225.kAN2PGYi043437@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061123145304.GF973@submonkey.net> <b1fa29170611231139j14b9a3d3kd5b95c55a61e9605@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:39:25AM -0800, Kip Macy wrote.. > Interfaces aren't copyrightable. Depends what you call an interface. Apple thinks a GUI is very copyrightable ;-) > -Kip > > On 11/23/06, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > > > >On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:25:16AM +0000, Kip Macy wrote: > >> kmacy 2006-11-23 02:25:16 UTC > >> > >> FreeBSD src repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> sys/sun4v/include asm.h > >> sys/sun4v/sun4v hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S > >> Log: > >> In contrast to the non-obvious and flexible nature of the optimized > >bcopy in t1_copy.S (which > >> shall retain its CDDL copyright, and thus likely be removed from > >GENERIC) I have removed the CDDL > >> from hcall.S because there is zero flexibility in the implementation > >of hypercalls as they derive > >> directly from the hypervisor interface which is not copyrighted > >(ironically the source for the > >> hypervisor itself is BSD licensed). > >> > >> It is best to start any bikeshed about this as soon as possible. > > > >OK, I'll bite. > > > >> Discussed with: bsdimp > > > >And Sun? > > > >Ceri > >-- > >That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. > > -- Moliere > > > > > > --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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